42 Music APIs

Music APIs let you add music capabilities without building from scratch. Every entry below is profiled with trust signals — pricing model, authentication requirements, CORS support, rate limits, and live uptime checks — so you can compare options and pick production-safe choices instead of guessing from a link list.

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APIPricingAuthCORSHealth
7digital
Api of Music store 7digital
FreemiumOAuthNoProfile
AI Mastering
Automated Music Mastering
FreemiumAPI KeyNoProfile
Audiomack
Api of the streaming music hub Audiomack
FreeOAuthNoProfile
Bandcamp
API of Music store Bandcamp
FreeOAuthNoProfile
Bandsintown
Music Events
FreeNoNoProfile
Bandsintown API
Bandsintown API: artist tour dates, event listings, venue data, ticket availability, and concert recommendations.
FreeAPI KeyYesProfile
Cloud-RF API
Use this JSON API to build and test radio links for any radio, anywhere. Authenticate with your API2.0 key in the request header as key
FreeUnknownYesProfile
Deezer
Music
FreemiumOAuthNoProfile
Discogs
Music
FreeOAuthNoProfile
Freesound
Music Samples
FreeAPI KeyYesProfile
Gaana
API to retrieve song information from Gaana
FreeNoNoProfile
Genius
Crowdsourced lyrics and music knowledge
FreeOAuthNoProfile
Genrenator
Music genre generator
FreeNoNoProfile
Jamendo
Music
FreeOAuthNoProfile
JioSaavn
API to retrieve song information, album meta data and many more from JioSaavn
FreeNoNoProfile
KKBOX
Get music libraries, playlists, charts, and perform out of KKBOX's platform
FreemiumOAuthNoProfile
LRCLIB
Crowdsourced lyrics
FreeNoNoProfile
LastFm
Music
FreemiumAPI KeyNoProfile
Lyrics.ovh API
Simple API to retrieve the lyrics of a song
UnknownUnknownUnknownProfile
Mixcloud
Music
FreeOAuthNoProfile
Mubert AI Music API
Integrate AI music into your app, game or service
FreemiumAPI KeyNoProfile
MusicBrainz
Music
FreeNoUnknownProfile
MusicBrainz API
MusicBrainz API for music metadata: artist info, release details, recordings, tags, and relationships from open music encyclopedia.
FreeAPI KeyYesProfile
Musixmatch
Music
FreemiumAPI KeyNoProfile
NPR Listening Service API
Audio recommendations tailored to a user's preferences
UnknownUnknownYesProfile
Napster
Music
FreemiumAPI KeyUnknownProfile
Openwhyd
Download curated playlists of streaming tracks (YouTube, SoundCloud, etc...)
FreeNoYesProfile
Phishin
A web-based archive of legal live audio recordings of the improvisational rock band Phish
FreeAPI KeyYesProfile
Radio & Music Services API
We encapsulate Radio & Music business logic for iPlayer Radio and BBC Music products on all platforms. We add value by reliably providing the right blend of metadata needed by clients.
PaidAPI KeyYesProfile
Radio Browser
List of internet radio stations
FreeNoNoProfile
Songkick
Music Events
FreeAPI KeyNoProfile
Songlink / Odesli
Get all the services on which a song is available
FreeAPI KeyNoProfile
Songsterr API
Provides guitar, bass and drums tabs and chords
FreeUnknownUnknownProfile
SoundCloud
With SoundCloud API you can build applications that will give more power to control your content
FreeOAuthNoProfile
Spotify
View Spotify music catalog, manage users' libraries, get recommendations and more
FreemiumOAuthNoProfile
Spotify Web API
You can use Spotify's Web API to discover music and podcasts, manage your Spotify library, control audio playback, and much more. Browse our available Web API endpoints using the sidebar at left, or via the navigation ba
UnknownUnknownYesProfile
Spotify Web API with fixes and improvements from sonallux API
You can use Spotify's Web API to discover music and podcasts, manage your Spotify library, control audio playback, and much more. Browse our available Web API endpoints using the sidebar at left, or via the navigation ba
UnknownAPI KeyYesProfile
Sunor API
AI music generation API via Suno, with pay-as-you-go credits
PaidAPI KeyUnknownProfile
TasteDive
Similar artist API (also works for movies and TV shows)
FreeAPI KeyYesProfile
TheAudioDB
Music
FreeAPI KeyYesProfile
Vagalume
Crowdsourced lyrics and music knowledge
FreeAPI KeyNoProfile
iTunes Search API
Software products
UnknownUnknownUnknownProfile

How to choose a music API

Start with pricing and auth: free tiers and no-auth APIs are fastest to prototype with. Then check CORS if your app calls the API from the browser, and health before you commit — a great API that's been down for a week will block your launch. Each profile below shows all of these signals plus rate limits where documented.